I finally started playing one of my other games (other than Dead Island, that is)- Fallout3. Is there any way to run??? It seems all of my opponents can move so much faster, even when I'm carrying less than my maximum weight. Bah, I wish my character has a segway.

Oh yeah, everything there is crazy tough. I'm gonna see about doing it today, but even with my best weapons the guys there are a bitch to take down.

Did you pick up Astora's Sword in the Valley of the Drakes? It buffs the normal and magical damage in relation to your Str and Fth stats which each start at a respectable 80 each to begin with. I'm doing just under 200 damage with it at the moment which is very nice. The Dragon Crest shield (which is next to the Astora sword) blocks 100% of physical damage and 85% of fire. As long as you have the stamina to ride out whatever hit your taking and/or your poise doesn't break you're pretty much invincible with it. For tough enemies I switch to the Dragon Crest shield and Estoc because the weak thrust of the Estoc can be done without lowering the shield so you can totally play turtle and chip away at annoying enemies without getting hurt. Just be patient and watch your stamina.

Also I apparently had Skyrim confused with the earlier engine because I would have sworn you could run in Oblivion. It was probably just my insanely high movement speed that made me think I was running...

Anarchy Online- Cogline The Engineer has now reached Level 151. And still can't use Extreme Prejudice to buff his Pistol Skill. But he has now got use of a Level 153 Robot Pet to tank. Now called "Creepy Doll" because, as J. Coulton put it "And there's the Creepy Doll! It always follows you..." And it's ripping things apart. Unless I cock up, in which case *I* get ripped apart.

Wupped on the Taurus Demon. He wasted me the first time but the next time was a two hit fight. I was sort of disappointed. Now I'm farming titanite to upgrade my gear. Twinkling titanite is hard to come by but I did get Astoras Sword up to +2.

Sid Meier's Pirates!, got a beautiful dame a sweet ruby ring, captured Raymond the Family Kidnapper and now know where my sister is held (South siiiiiiide), plundered a Spanish city, a few Spanish ships and managed to get a pardon for only a thousand coins, nearly a Duke for the French and already a Duke for the English and off to dig up some buried treasure while keeping my crew of 200 barely content.